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Previous Trainings
November 22, 2011 - (0) commentsNews Fountain held Journalism Refresher Course in Nairobi in October 2010 for journalists who wanted to refresh their reporting skills. That training took six-weeks. More than 20 journalists were trained on media research, media law, theory and note-taking. The training […]
Demolitions in Eastleigh
November 22, 2011 - (0) commentsBulldozers have on Tuesday demolished houses in Eastleigh Estate, Nairobi especially at Section III. This is part of a bigger operation by the Dept. of Internal Affairs of Kenya to bring down all the house and other structures near airports/air […]
Experience: I was kidnapped by Somali pirates
June 11, 2011 - (0) commentsIn April last year, I was training to become a naval officer on a chemical carrier owned by a company based in Mumbai. There were 22 of us aboard the boat – a mix of professional sailors and engineers from […]
Syria warns against UN criticism of crackdown
June 11, 2011 - (0) commentsSyria has warned the United Nations that a European draft resolution condemning the country for its deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters would only embolden “extremists and terrorists”. “It is important that the Security Council should not intervene in the internal affairs […]
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Office of the United Nations Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Springette, Off Lower Kabete Road, P.O. Box 28832, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya Tel. (254 20) 4255000; Fax (254 20) 4255101 Website: www.unctsom.org Somalia’s humanitarian [...]
190112 Press Release – Somalia’s Humanitarian Crisis Demands World’s Continued Attention [...]
News Fountain held Journalism Refresher Course in Nairobi in October 2010 for journalists who wanted to refresh their reporting skills. That training took six-weeks. More than 20 journalists were trained on media research, media [...]
Bulldozers have on Tuesday demolished houses in Eastleigh Estate, Nairobi especially at Section III. This is part of a bigger operation by the Dept. of Internal Affairs of Kenya to bring down all the [...]
In April last year, I was training to become a naval officer on a chemical carrier owned by a company based in Mumbai. There were 22 of us aboard the boat – a mix [...]
Syria has warned the United Nations that a European draft resolution condemning the country for its deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters would only embolden “extremists and terrorists”. “It is important that the Security Council should [...]
Cetin Yagmur, a 44-year-old taxi driver, wants to see greater employment opportunities in his country. He has pledged his political loyalty to the CHP, noting that: “In the past we had a middle [...]
Muqdisho: AMISOM has announced that it has alerted its troops in Mogadishu so as to prevent any dangers from attacks by Al Shabaab. AMISOM speaker in Mogadishu Paddy Ankunda told the media that this [...]
It has been a year since Paul Greengrass’ Green Zone and an additional six month since the director opted out of a fourth Jason Bourne movie. While Universal has moved on with its spy [...]
